It was the first time the Cardinals sweep a four game road series since 2004, but despite the 8-4 win on Sunday, the Cardinals are exactly in the same spot they were after Thursday’s win…three games behind first place Milwaukee.

While the Cardinals beat up on the Marlins, the Brewers were beating up on Houston. Milwaukee has won 11 of their last 12 as the two teams prepare for another show down starting on Tuesday at Busch Stadium.

This weekend, Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman tore up Florida pitching, hitting a combined.438 (21 for 48) in the series with five home runs and 13 RBIs. It was the final game in the Marlins’ current home for the Cardinals, and their record in the stadium is 45-27, best in the NL.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Westbrook sits in the dugout after giving up four runs to the Chicago Cubs. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Westbrook retired the first 16 Chicago Cub batters he faced, but then unraveled by giving up four runs in the 6th inning as the Cardinals lost 6-3 Sunday night at Busch Stadium.

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St. Louis Cardinals Ryan Theriot pumps his fist from second base after hitting a double in the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 30, 2011. Theriot had four hits and three RBIs as St. Louis defeated Chicago 13-5. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Former Cub Ryan Theriot broke a 2-for-38 slump with two hits on Friday, then continued to torture his former team wiht four hits and three RBIs on Saturday to help the Cardinals shake off a five-run deficit and turn it in a 13-5 win.

Theriot is 6 for 7 with six RBIs against his former team in two games and is hitting .571 against the Cubs. Albert Pujols and David Freese each homered for the Cardinals. It was the 432nd homer of Pujols’ career and came one day after he reached 2,000 hits. The home run puts him in 40th place on the career list.

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Mets outfielder Angel Pagan hit the first pitch he saw from Cardinals closer Fernando Salas out of the park giving the Mets a 6-5 win in 10 innings over the Cardinals, who have now lost four of their last five since the break.

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Former Royal Carlos Beltran reached base five times with two doubles, a single and two walks. Angel Pagan and Daniel Murphy hit two-run doubles and the National League’s leading hitter was back in the Mets’ lineup as the Cardinals dropped their series opener 4-2 at Citi Field in New York.

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